new tempeh at m cafe

i hit up the melrose location recently and noticed that with the turn of spring, the celery root salad and winter vegetables were gone.

in place of maple roasted brussels sprouts, they had a tempting new offering of curried tempeh. i ordered it with my favorite chickpea dandelion deli salad, and a side of mushroom sushi. it was all wonderful, the only weird bit was that they charged me for the tempeh salad separately.

most of the salads at m cafe are available as part of a combo…but that isn’t the case with curried tempeh. even though the new dish isn’t any more expensive (actually it’s cheaper than lots of) the other salads, you have to get it on its own. this will cost you $3.75 for the small portion, which isn’t bad, considering how good this stuff is. it’s sweet, hearty, and mixed up with a tasty helping of vegan mayo.

I don’t know why I keep passing up on this salad. I’ll give it a shot next time.

Kinda bummed they changed their recipe for the tofu salad. It’s got more dill in it now and it seems ‘heavier’ somehow. The Culver City location changed the kind of bread it uses with this, too. I assume bc the old bread couldn’t hold up.